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Tuesday July 31, 2012 7:03 AM (EST+7)
Report: Israel spent 38 percent more on settlements in 2011
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RAMALLAH, July 31 (JMCC) - Israel spent 38 percent more in 2011 on settlements in the occupied territories than it did on 2010, found the Central Bureau of Statistics.
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 Amid renewed Jewish settlement construction, Palestinians are skeptical their leaders will reach an agreement. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)
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Multimedia
 Anata farmer injured and Israeli activists assaulted by settlers
Oct. 3, 2011 11:00 AM (EST+7)
Green light for Jerusalem settlers
April 28, 2010 4:43 PM (EST+7)
Settlers attack Palestinians and their property
July 16, 2011 10:36 AM (EST+7)
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 Documents
 ICRC: No respite from hardship for Palestinians in West Bank
Jerusalem: The Cost of Failure
Separate and Unequal, Human Rights Watch, December 2010
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Publications
Poll No. 18, December 1996- On Palestinian Attitudes Towards Current Issues
Poll No. 24, December 1997 - On Palestinian and Israeli Attitudes Towards the Peace Process
Poll No. 36 Part I, March 2000 - On Palestinian Attitudes Towards Final Status Issues and Women and Legislation in Palestine
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Background
Closure
Settlements
Sheikh Jarrah
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Resources
11 Jewish families move into J'lem neighborhood of Silwan, Nadav Shragai, Haaretz, April 1, 2004
2 more Palestinian families get eviction warrant in East Jerusalem, Mohammed Mari, April 7, 2010, arabnews.com
A Second Nakba and Forced Eviction in Al Sheikh Jarrah Neighborhood, September 15, 2009, POICA website
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The government spent $1.1 billion, a figure that Peace Now says could be slashed by nearly one-third if spending was proportionate to the number of Jewish settlers that live in the West Bank.
Last year's government spending on the settlements represents a 38 percent rise over that of 2010. But it is significantly lower than the peak of NIS 2.5 billion (in real terms ) in 1993, when the funds were geared toward infrastructure changes required by the Oslo Accords, according to Central Bureau of Statistics findings reported on Monday by Israeli business newspaper Calcalist.
The report was prepared for U.S. officials to enable them to deduct the annual settlement expenditure from U.S. loan guarantees to Israel. In 2003 Israel stopped granting tax breaks to citizens seeking to move to the West Bank, after pledging to the United States that it would bring the benefits to an end.
In the second report, which also examines the cost of the settlements and is scheduled to be released to the public on Wednesday, Peace Now states that Israel could save NIS 1.6 billion a year if it were to match the level of government expenditure on services such as education and infrastructure in the settlements with the number of people who live there.
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Amid renewed Jewish settlement construction, Palestinians are skeptical their leaders will reach an agreement. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)
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